George Washington to Major Henry Lee, Jr., 9 January 1780

To Major Henry Lee, Jr.

Morristown Jany 9:80

Dear Lee,

You will not forget that you owe me a horse or something in the shape of one—for the bay I turned into your Corps twelve Months ago.1 I am not in immediate want. but in some cases it is necessary to remind a man of his debt lest he should forget his creditor. I do not apply this to you because I am sincerely & Affectly Yrs

Go: W——n

ADfS, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. See GW to Lee, and Lee to GW, both 14 Dec. 1778.

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Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: George Washington to Major Henry Lee, Jr., 9 January 1780
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Lee, Henry (1756-1818)
Date: 9 January 1780

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Cite as: “George Washington to Major Henry Lee, Jr., 9 January 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-24-02-0054. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 24, 1 January–9 March 1780, ed. Benjamin L. Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, p. 70.]

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